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I’ve always had a problem with the ‘homework’ word
Let The People Sing!
People love humanist funerals for their compassion, their honesty and their humour: they choose them for what they include, not what they exclude.
It’s a cover-up…
Wedding guests are now free to take their face masks off to eat, drink and dance, but they still have to wear them during the ceremony if it’s indoors. I know. Decried by the Scottish Wedding Industry Association as confusing and contradictory, the papers have had a field day. The Scotsman called it a glaring … Continue Reading
Your wedding and the Coronavirus
Coronavirus and your wedding: keep calm and carry on
How to find the best Humanist Celebrants in Scotland
Your celebrant is one of the 3 most important decisions you make for your wedding. The good news is that there are lots of people who can help you find the right one…
What happens at a Humanist Wedding?
Humanist weddings have been legal in Scotland since 2005. It took only ten years for them to become the second most popular form of marriage in the country, and – in Scotland at least – they’ve almost become ‘the new normal’. I meet lots of couples who’ve only ever been to humanist weddings, but – … Continue Reading
I want to let you into a secret…
A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from an old friend, Oskar. A wedding planner of more than ten year’s experience, he’s just set up a new business, The Wedding Guru and he asked me to give his followers some tips. Here’s my first: let me know what you think? You can follow … Continue Reading
It’s time to celebrate, people!
I’m delighted to announce that from now on, I will be a celebrant with Celebrate People, a new Humanist organisation led by two of Scotland’s best loved celebrants, Susan and Gerrie Douglas Scott. If you think you’ve heard those names before, it’s probably because you have. They were the first same sex female couple to be … Continue Reading
Why can’t I use my own pen?
The Marriage Schedule is a permanent record, so it must be signed using permanent black liquid ink.